Thank goodness I skipped buying a white 32GB iPhone 3GS.. excessive heat and discolouration! Apple had better do something about this and change the material of the back casing in the 2010 ( 4th generation ) iPhone .

I called Apple in France this morning, the apple tech asked me a picture of my phone (attached here), and immidiately agreed an exchange.
He is considering keeping my unit in the lab, to observe whats goin on.

The new iphone will be sent within 24/48hrs, as I cannot stay without a phone (work). UPS will collect the faulty iPhone later.

Great.
Just great.
4 cracks in my housing already, and now it may turn pick.
Awesome! Oh well, if this happens, at least Apple is a good company and will take care of their customers. Ive got 4 cracks but ill wait a while before reporting and replacing. I'd hate to take a phone from someone who has been waiting on it because I have some strictly cosmetic damage.

The people with white phones are somewhat lucky because they can SEE the discoloration to know they have a problem. I have a black phone and am now concerned that I will be unable to detect if there is a problem lurking.

The people with white phones are somewhat lucky because they can SEE the discoloration to know they have a problem. I have a black phone and am now concerned that I will be unable to detect if there is a problem lurking.

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So what you are saying is, what if my black iPhone discolours, but I can't see the discolouration, because it is black?

The people with white phones are somewhat lucky because they can SEE the discoloration to know they have a problem. I have a black phone and am now concerned that I will be unable to detect if there is a problem lurking.

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Ditto but it seems fine thus far...no cracks, dead pixels etc but it did get really hot once during GPS/Compass/Map use

Thanks for posting this! I keep hearing all these reports of "many white users affected by overheating and case discoloration", but the only photos they ever reference are those ones that came out from that group in france. It seems like if it was a widespread issue there'd be more folks posting photos like yourself.

You would have to see the inside of the case to see if it is an apple issue or from using a 2.00 leather case. I bought a 2.00 case from amazon that i'm sure would do something like stain the hell out of a white Iphone. I didn't even bring it in the house it stunk so bad. I wouldn't be surprised if alot of these complaints aren't apples fault. Alot of people are pissed everyone wants an Iphone.

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